Thursday, 27 October 2011

Some time ago Richard Stilgoe, co-lyricist for Phantom of the Opera, and Lyricist for Starlight Express listened to songs from Olympus, and wrote back commenting on the music. I have been in contact with him again, and he is happy for us to use the quote he made, in the publicity material for the production.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Today we ran a very successful Olympus workshop for a number of Performing Arts students at Croydon College. We taught and work shopped dramatic sections and five songs from the show and following an excellent response from the participants, expect to be able to cast a number of the students in the show for both the Ashcroft Theatre and Minack Theatre

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

We've had some very good audition sessions over the past week and are confident that we can fill most of the more senior parts from those who have auditioned. This weekend we shall be continuing the process and also looking for actors and actresses to play some of the younger parts. What is particularly gratifying is the number of young professionals who would like to be part of this production.

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Chris, Nicky and Ian had a very successful meeting with Croydon College this morning. Resulting from the meeting we will be running an Olympus workshop for the 2nd year Performing Arts students on 13th October at the college. Other involvement from the college will include video recording, assistance with the Olympus cast album and viral animations to publicise the show by email and on web sites.

About Me

I was born in Scotland and gained my M.A. in Classics and Music at Glasgow University. I am now a Croydon based musician/composer/lyricist. "Olympus the Musical - A Race Against Time" a musical which I co-wrote was performed in May 2012 at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon and the Minack Theatre Cornwall. My musical "I Hate Musicals" was performed in November 2012. My album of Robert Burns Love Songs, "Burns, Banks and Braes" is available on ITunes, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify and Deezer. Four of my songs have just been released by EMI KPM Music. If you do like the love songs of Robert Burns, then you might find my web site http://www.RobertBurnsSongs.co.uk is worth a visit